You know it is pure voice because he did it not only when he was younger, but he could do the EXACT same thing when he got older! That shows he knew what he was doing, so he would not damage his voice
Passport287, you are so right. Johnny knew how t o modulate and use that VOICEand he did it so wondefully. One of the purest voicesin many years -if ever
i got to meet johnny and the rest of the goodmans at a concert at tombstone junction close to somerset ky. i got all there autographsthat was close to30 yrs ago. i still listen to the album a lot and i can just see rusty, vestal, howard,sam and johnny singing as they make the rafters ring in heaven!!! and all the rest of the singers that have gone on.
Listen to that Vibrato, That comes from deep in the diaphragm. His voice is as pure as if he had voice lessons. He really brings that note out and holds it. Wonderful . He has been singing a long time. He was the Voice, Bernising
Gospel singers 19 times out of 20 are raised in a gospel singing family and start singing when they are very small. This type of tenor voice you don't develop at the singing teacher. You cultivate it over many years of singing tight harmonies. It's 100% real. I think Johnny Cook was the crystal clearest ever but if you nay sayers want to see more try watching some Gold City or Kingsmen Quartet videos
Bernising, thanks for all your notes in Johnny's guestbook...I am Brenda.. This young man had a God given talent that has only been matched with Vestal's voice. Please post more of his wonderful songs...
Brenda , thank you, all we want is to see Johnny's music going out to the world. His minisrty in song is still going on long after he has left this earth. Because people still want to hear him. We wish we still had him here. We do have his music, Bless you brenda, Bernising- berni
Thanks for posting this beautiful song and yes he is really singing this high tenor. I have some records with him on there . He is the real deal. May God Bless U. I give him 5*****.
johnny cook was great but he was singing in falsetto!!!...johnny cook is legendary for mastering falsetto...but again i'm not putting him down at all cause he was great but his high notes were all in falsetto
Please listen to my posting of Johnny's version of "Amazing Grace". You'll notice in that song tnat he reaches into and back out of his falsetto voice. It is distinctively different from what you hear on this recording. The reason I wanted to post this particular recording is because it showcased his unique registry; which many people just can't accept that anyone could possibly possess. Despite your skeptism, I knew him personally, it is what it is, a rare and expensive gift from God.
@donsportal...I also knew Johnny from my youth, and I don't believe he was singing falsetto on this song. He was projecting there with pressure, He was loud and always clear. I don't recollect him ever using falsetto very much. He certainly wasn't using it here.
@donsportal Thank you for these wonderful songs. What memories they bring w/ them. I did see John in 76 also at CBN in Va. What a treat! I see that you were a friend. Can you tell me what he was like? I can only imagine and assume, but it would be nice to hear from someone other than the written word. Judy
@spenceov7 : He's not singing in falsetto. In some other songs he sometimes uses falsetto in some phrases, but not in this song. He could easily become a Rossini- tenor if he had followed the right advices. You are so wrong in the terms of what falsetto singing is. If you want to know what falsetto is,just search for Cold Play with their song "fix you",and you will for sure hear the difference. Cook sang in full voice with his light tenor but not in the rich timber of Franco Corellis tenor type
@spenceov7 "falsetto" is an antiquated term that isn't really used anymore. Besides, it goes more to quality... this is just his head voice. Don't be a hater.
@QErgane many people call a man's head voice falsetto, because that's a classical music tradition and a controversial area. I don't think spenceov7 was hating, he or she just felt that this man is singing in falsetto/head voice, which I believe you do too, and that is fine. It's just that this is actually Johnny's full voice. That's the correction that I and others have been making since spenceov7's comment. Johnny was a HIGH 1st tenor, and he did not need to sing in head voice or falsetto....
@spenceov7 there are some tenors who can get incredibly high in full voice (natural voice), like Johnny Cook, higher than the box most people who can't put the voice in. However, it is very comment for really high tenors and sopranos too to sound like falsetto to average people (or people who are not familiar with such voice types) in their higher registers. You think this sounds like falsetto, some tenors who sound much MORE like falsetto in their authentic full voice, believe it or not!
omg! I just finished my 2nd high note gospel tenor video and missed this one! I just love Johnny Cook. He has a roundness and fullness on the top notes rarely heard by gospel tenors. Here he plays the live Looking for a city key raise but one more step, up to singing sustained high E:s!! and the interpolated high note at 2.15 is in the neighbourhood of A5/Bb5!!
Where can I find albums by Johnny? From which album is this one?
Johnny's voice is so great, there will never be another that can even come close to singing like him... I am in total Awe when I listen to him. I want the whole world to hear how great his singing was and hope it will bless others like it has blessed me over the years.
He's actually from a little town about 25 miles from where I live, I used to work there on the police department actually...I never knew that he was from there...but I bet I have something that none of you have...and that's a recording of the very first quartet record he ever made...with the Meadows Brothers Quartet, with whom he was singing with when he met the Happy Goodmans for the first time...their bass and I are good friends and he made me a copy of that vinyl record!
You people argue too much about what is and isn't falsetto.
Falsetto doesn't mean "false" as in "bad." You do realize that, right?
There is such a thing as good falsetto, people.
IndyCovaHart 2 weeks ago
that isn't falsetto.
babystinky 6 months ago
I made a Johnny Cook fan page. Look it up on Facebook.
robinbyrd1963 9 months ago
Does any Johnny fans know how I can listen to his O Holy Night?
robinbyrd1963 1 year ago
WOW! I love & miss you, Johnny.
robinbyrd1963 1 year ago
I was not aware that Johnny had passed. I bet he's a welcome addition to God's choir. We've lost so many of the greats.
mastermonster1956 1 year ago
He sings very few notes falsetto in this recording. Mostly it is a high mix, not straight falsetto.
bigboytenor 1 year ago
Do you know of any live videos where Johnny hits a high C?
okebaram 1 year ago
Listen and learn!!
kfmoose 2 years ago
I'm the first guy to be skeptical of whether someone is singing falsetto, and this is NOT falsetto.
This guy had better range than Vestal.
smn76 2 years ago 9
Beautiful.....!
SamDSnake 2 years ago
sounds like oletta adams to me
cornificius22vain 2 years ago
Where can i find this song? i want to put it on my ipod but it's not on itunes...
littl3jimmy 2 years ago
You know it is pure voice because he did it not only when he was younger, but he could do the EXACT same thing when he got older! That shows he knew what he was doing, so he would not damage his voice
passport287 2 years ago
Passport287, you are so right. Johnny knew how t o modulate and use that VOICEand he did it so wondefully. One of the purest voicesin many years -if ever
Bernising
bernising 2 years ago 2
i got to meet johnny and the rest of the goodmans at a concert at tombstone junction close to somerset ky. i got all there autographsthat was close to30 yrs ago. i still listen to the album a lot and i can just see rusty, vestal, howard,sam and johnny singing as they make the rafters ring in heaven!!! and all the rest of the singers that have gone on.
rustyspoke 3 years ago
Listen to that Vibrato, That comes from deep in the diaphragm. His voice is as pure as if he had voice lessons. He really brings that note out and holds it. Wonderful . He has been singing a long time. He was the Voice, Bernising
bernising 3 years ago
the dream quartet Tim Riley,Ivan Parker,Doy Ott and Johnny Cook. Too bad that could never happen. Maybe in glory that could be arranged.
MithlondShip 3 years ago 8
Wouldn't they be wonderful. We have to remember to ask for them when we get home to Heaven, bernising
bernising 3 years ago 2
Gospel singers 19 times out of 20 are raised in a gospel singing family and start singing when they are very small. This type of tenor voice you don't develop at the singing teacher. You cultivate it over many years of singing tight harmonies. It's 100% real. I think Johnny Cook was the crystal clearest ever but if you nay sayers want to see more try watching some Gold City or Kingsmen Quartet videos
MithlondShip 3 years ago 3
You are so right. HE was raised singing like that and that is what makes him so great. Bless you bernising
bernising 3 years ago
ursus15g,
If you want to talk falsetto, go check out a Bee Gees video sometime. This is the real deal. No doubts in my mind.
greatlakesfan 3 years ago
Bernising, thanks for all your notes in Johnny's guestbook...I am Brenda.. This young man had a God given talent that has only been matched with Vestal's voice. Please post more of his wonderful songs...
Fiddle1963 3 years ago
Brenda , thank you, all we want is to see Johnny's music going out to the world. His minisrty in song is still going on long after he has left this earth. Because people still want to hear him. We wish we still had him here. We do have his music, Bless you brenda, Bernising- berni
bernising 3 years ago
Johnny sing right on register, right on note, This is not Falsetto. HE is just Great, Bernising
bernising 3 years ago
Thanks for posting this beautiful song and yes he is really singing this high tenor. I have some records with him on there . He is the real deal. May God Bless U. I give him 5*****.
deskyles 3 years ago
johnny cook was great but he was singing in falsetto!!!...johnny cook is legendary for mastering falsetto...but again i'm not putting him down at all cause he was great but his high notes were all in falsetto
spenceov7 3 years ago
Please listen to my posting of Johnny's version of "Amazing Grace". You'll notice in that song tnat he reaches into and back out of his falsetto voice. It is distinctively different from what you hear on this recording. The reason I wanted to post this particular recording is because it showcased his unique registry; which many people just can't accept that anyone could possibly possess. Despite your skeptism, I knew him personally, it is what it is, a rare and expensive gift from God.
donsportal 3 years ago 7
@donsportal...I also knew Johnny from my youth, and I don't believe he was singing falsetto on this song. He was projecting there with pressure, He was loud and always clear. I don't recollect him ever using falsetto very much. He certainly wasn't using it here.
jalsante75 1 year ago
@donsportal Thank you for these wonderful songs. What memories they bring w/ them. I did see John in 76 also at CBN in Va. What a treat! I see that you were a friend. Can you tell me what he was like? I can only imagine and assume, but it would be nice to hear from someone other than the written word. Judy
judiescof 9 months ago
This is not falsetto. This is a real tenor very full sound especially in that tessitura.
francotenor 3 years ago
@spenceov7 : He's not singing in falsetto. In some other songs he sometimes uses falsetto in some phrases, but not in this song. He could easily become a Rossini- tenor if he had followed the right advices. You are so wrong in the terms of what falsetto singing is. If you want to know what falsetto is,just search for Cold Play with their song "fix you",and you will for sure hear the difference. Cook sang in full voice with his light tenor but not in the rich timber of Franco Corellis tenor type
bloydaage 1 year ago
@spenceov7 "falsetto" is an antiquated term that isn't really used anymore. Besides, it goes more to quality... this is just his head voice. Don't be a hater.
QErgane 1 year ago
@QErgane many people call a man's head voice falsetto, because that's a classical music tradition and a controversial area. I don't think spenceov7 was hating, he or she just felt that this man is singing in falsetto/head voice, which I believe you do too, and that is fine. It's just that this is actually Johnny's full voice. That's the correction that I and others have been making since spenceov7's comment. Johnny was a HIGH 1st tenor, and he did not need to sing in head voice or falsetto....
okebaram 1 year ago
@spenceov7 there are some tenors who can get incredibly high in full voice (natural voice), like Johnny Cook, higher than the box most people who can't put the voice in. However, it is very comment for really high tenors and sopranos too to sound like falsetto to average people (or people who are not familiar with such voice types) in their higher registers. You think this sounds like falsetto, some tenors who sound much MORE like falsetto in their authentic full voice, believe it or not!
okebaram 1 year ago
spenceov7, sorry I meant COMMON not COMMENT!
okebaram 1 year ago
@spenceov7 I hate to break your bubble but my son sang with Johnny & he did not sing falsetto.
jacksondjp 11 months ago
@spenceov7 To be honest, Johnny's high notes were full voice. He was extreme high tenor so his voice was natural up there.
GoodGuitarSolos 10 months ago
@spenceov7 this is definately not falsetto. Its a mixed voice.
fatboytjc 10 months ago
omg! I just finished my 2nd high note gospel tenor video and missed this one! I just love Johnny Cook. He has a roundness and fullness on the top notes rarely heard by gospel tenors. Here he plays the live Looking for a city key raise but one more step, up to singing sustained high E:s!! and the interpolated high note at 2.15 is in the neighbourhood of A5/Bb5!!
Where can I find albums by Johnny? From which album is this one?
jowox 3 years ago 4
the high note in Here they come is a G#5.
jowox 3 years ago
"Here They Come" is on Calvary Records album STAV-5131 - Johnny Cook REAL GOODNESS (1976)
Try ebay or you might contact Calvary Records.
donsportal 3 years ago
Absolutely...I ran into a couple of his albums a long time ago in Louisiana...where can I find them now??
pmike38930 3 years ago
Johnny's voice is so great, there will never be another that can even come close to singing like him... I am in total Awe when I listen to him. I want the whole world to hear how great his singing was and hope it will bless others like it has blessed me over the years.
llgass 3 years ago 2
He's actually from a little town about 25 miles from where I live, I used to work there on the police department actually...I never knew that he was from there...but I bet I have something that none of you have...and that's a recording of the very first quartet record he ever made...with the Meadows Brothers Quartet, with whom he was singing with when he met the Happy Goodmans for the first time...their bass and I are good friends and he made me a copy of that vinyl record!
kuntryboy1983 3 years ago
Watch newly posted Johnny Cook Happy Goodmans What A Beautiful Day. Beyond rare! I have had the only copy, until now, for 32 years!
donsportal 3 years ago